A feather, found stuck in the bank bordering Green Lake.photo-708356.4759 - |ucfirst

An unlit street light is shown in front of the Seattle City Light building with its signature red neon sign in SODO.

An unlit street light is shown in front of the Seattle City Light building with its signature red neon sign in SODO.

Photo: Joshua Trujillo, Seattlepi.com

An unlit street light is shown in front of the Seattle City Light...photo-708359.4759 - |ucfirst

"The Last Scattering Surface," an installation by Josiah McElheney at the Henry Art Gallery at University of Washington, on view through August 17. In the words of McElheny's collaborator, Ohio State University cosmologist David Weinberg, the 2005 piece seeks to represent "a time half a million years after the Big Bang when the expanding universe cooled to a temperature, 5000 degrees, that allowed electrons and protons to combine into atoms of hydrogen. Before recombination, free floating electrons scattered light rays much like water molecules in a dense fog, making the universe opaque. When hydrogen atoms formed, the fog lifted, allowing light rays to travel on straight paths through transparent space." less

"The Last Scattering Surface," an installation by Josiah McElheney at the Henry Art Gallery at University of Washington, on view through August 17. In the words of McElheny's collaborator, Ohio State University ... more

Photo: Paul Joseph Brown, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"The Last Scattering Surface," an installation by Josiah...photo-708364.4759 - |ucfirst

Brad Hill soars above the clouds over Arlington, Wash., in his 325 lb. Apis-13 sailplane. Hill, who has been soaring for close to 30 years, describes cross-country gliding as "a game of aerial chess with the elements." With no motor to keep him air born, Hill must jump from cloud to cloud, using thermals, or columns of warm rising air, to lift the plane and prevent gravity from pulling him back down to earth. less

Brad Hill soars above the clouds over Arlington, Wash., in his 325 lb. Apis-13 sailplane. Hill, who has been soaring for close to 30 years, describes cross-country gliding as "a game of aerial chess with the ... more